Safety-stirrup.



UNITED 1 *STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

^ Jos-EPE soLA'rINow', or Passare; NEW JERSEY.

SAFETY-STIRRUP,

A Specification of Iietters-Patent. application med october 1e, 196s. serial No. canoas.

-ratented April 13, 190e.l

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, JOSEPH SonrrrNow, a

citizen 'of the United States of vAmerica, re-

siding 1n Passaic, m the count-y of Passaic and zState'of New Jersey, have invented ceri,

tain new and'useful Improvements in ySafety-'- Stil-rups,- of which the following is a specifi@ cation. A

This" invention relates 'to an improved safety-stirrup by which the stirrup-strap, becomes readily detached from the saddle in Vcase the rider is thrown from the horse, so

`that theV dragging along of the rider on the ground and the danger telife and limb is prevented; and the invention consists 1n a safetyfstirrup the strap of `which is convnect'ed by a bail having a4 rollei at its apex with a stationary keeper vattached to the saddle, said gkeepeixbeing provided with a hingedand sprang-actuated end-piece that is forcibly openedby the roller'for permitting the detaching of the stirrup-strap and stirrnp from the saddle in case of accident v to the' rider as will appear from the following descriptionand. claims. f

In 4the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side-elevation my improved showing the connection vof the.stirrup-strap with the saddle, Fig. 2 is a side-elevation of the strap-connection `with thesaddle, shown in the act of being detached in case of accident to the rider, Fig.- 3 is an end-elevation ofthe connection of thestirrup strap withv the keeper on the saddle, and Fig. l is a vertical transverse section of the stirrup-strap and keeper, on line. 4, 4, Fig. 1; Figs. 3 and 4 being drawn on a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, of represents 'a portion of the saddle, (l the stirrup and (l the stirrup-strap.. The stirrup-strap CZ is provided with the usual tongue and buckle jfor'adjusting the same to the desired length. v4To the'uppcr ond of the stirrup-strap is applied a bail e, of approximately triangularA lpin e2.

shape; the sides ofwhich are bent sidewise of each other and provided with eyes e1 at their upper ends for receiving a fixed pivot- A grooved roller j" is placed on the pin and .adapted to turn on the same. The bail -e is passed'through the loop ofthe stirrupfstrap and its endsl are so located' `-of the keeper f1 and spring-actuated closing-piece f3,

in the stirrup,

Istirrup@strap moves with respect to eachA other that thev pivot-Q pin e2 is located perpendicular to the plane of the strap, so that the roller mounted on said pivot-pin rotates in said p ane.

The roller f is supported on the lower part of an olbon keeper f1 of wrought iron or ot-her'suitab e metal; the upper thicker part is attached by rivets f? to the side-portion of in the form of an'oblong-or rectangular frame attached at its up erpart to the saddle in the manner indicaibd and spaced from the saddle at its lower part, as shown in -Fig.4, so as to form a track for the roller f upon which the latter may travel lengthwise of the saddle.

The roller f travels only in -contactwith the track formed by the lower part of the oblong keeper and said roller is held on 4said track by the bail, the side-portions or legs of which pass downwardly l from the vroller opposite sides of the track, so that the latter is vstraddled from beneath bythe bail. The rearend of the keeper f1 is formed of a hinged Whloh is held normally-in -position against the upper bar ofthe considinablel strength, which presses on the "end of the lower portionof the keeper, the

end being reduced in wid-th so as to permitframe by a flat spring f4 of.

the saddle, one at each sidev lof the 'sama The keeper is the pivoting of the Vforked .end of the'closing-piece f? thereto.

When the stirrup is used in the usual manner, it is suspended by its strap bail and the roller from the stationarykeeper, at the side-portion ofthe saddle.' In case the rider is thrown to the ground and his floot caught the strain of the foot on-the the roller with the bail toward the pivoted 'and spring actuated end-pieceofthe keeper and moves the same by the strain exerted thereon `against the tension of the spring, into line with the lower portion of the keeper, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. land in full lines in Fig. 2,.so vas to permitthe detaching of the roller and bail from the keeper, and thereby the ydisconnection of the stirrup-st-rap and stirrup from the saddle, so that thedanger of the rider bein carried alongand dragged over the ground by the entanglement with the stirrup. is prevented.

. My improved safety -stirrup is of great advantage for the riders v1n maneuvers,

"site sides oi the track, and a stirrup-smp.

- earned j; said Toad, o

y tiack fixed to the 4saddiebut spaced from z {he same, .a roller movable-oon said track, a

iailwhich stizucliesl said track from beneath md between the ends `of which' the roller is1 jomfnaled., and afvstirrupstivap sul poried by said '1.

ifi-lira @few-Shrimp, the combination of an oblong open keeper connected ai; its upper portion only with die saddle and having :it its lower portion a track spiced rom-the 1a tte;,e-grooved roler traveling solely on said imeiwithin the open part of the keeper, .e pm on which the roller rotates, a bali connected :is ends with the ends of seid vpin and 'passing downwardly at oppo-4 eeiious accidents in case the rider is 3. In (a s afety-S'tri'umihe combilmion of a looped st11rup-st11ap, a bail passed through the loop of the strap, e pm connecting the lends of the mail and located perpendioulaliy to the lane ofthe straw and a 'roller on said pin.

4. In a safety-stir'iup-, the combinaion of a track directed lengthwise of the` saddle and SpaCed fr m the latxer, a Toller tmveiing on said `track, a, looped Stirrup-strap, and a -bail between the ends of which said miler is journaledvavnd passing through the stil'- 1'11]' -strap, the KSide-portions or legs of th bail bein@ so bent with relation o @zich other v that said roei is dispo'sed'jin' the piene ythe strap.

In testlmony, ibut Claim he foregoing as my invention, have signed my name in n'esenee oftwo subsoribin Witnesses.

Witnesses PAUL Goeman, HENRY J* SUHRBIER.

JoeEPH son' TiNow( 

